- August III king of Poland and Furst of Sachsen with Maria-Josepha von Habsburg - 15.
- Kazimierz IV Jagiellończyk king of Poland with Elisabeth von Habsburg known as "Mother of the kings" - 13.
His daughter Zofia Jagiellonka with Friedrich V vin Hohenzollern 13 too.

- Peter I Le Grand emperor of Russia all 14 - with 2nd wife - 11.

Maxie

12-06-2005 07:07 PM

Well I guess that's why betina asked for female royals with a lot of children. As we all know it's much more easier for men to have so many children as you showed us, magnik. :D But it is pretty impressive though... :p

27 children! Wow! I think I would run away within a day, screaming and yelling !

magnik

12-06-2005 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Maxie

Well I guess that's why betina asked for female royals with a lot of children. As we all know it's much more easier for men to have so many children as you showed us, magnik. :D But it is pretty impressive though... :p

I know that betina talk about female but not everyone know all these ladies and that's the reason why I as first gave men. :D

Poor all these women.
Men always has easier than we:mad:

BTW. Philippa d'Avesnes/better known of Hainault gave to Edward III just 14 children. Only first 12 almost year by year.
Edward's grandpa Edward I with Eleanor of Castilla had 20 children:eek:

regardez

12-06-2005 08:35 PM

Who currently has had the most children? I know Princess Caroline has a lot, but it's nothing compared to those old timers!

MoonlightRhapsody

12-06-2005 09:29 PM

I can't remember her name, but the sister of Prince Philippe has quite a bit of children.

Ahh, I remember, Princess Astrid of Belgium. She has 5 children.

Lena

12-06-2005 09:41 PM

I think most impressive is Empress Maria Theresia. She wasn&#180;t just a "breeding machine" related by marriage, but she was also a real regent (who set some important reforms) I&#180;m well aware, that she must have had a legion of nannies and one can argue, that her offspring had its faults (I just say Marie Antoinette and the famous "if they have no bread, then let them eat cake!"-statement :D :rolleyes: ), but its surely a big burden to work as real regent and to be pregnant all the time. That she has survived all births IMO already seems like a little miracle.

I think today we won&#180;t see anymore a Royal family with 10+ children. Most Crown princes(ses) marry quite late and then there&#180;s often not much time left for many children.
Besides they don&#180;t need children anymore to win influence through marriage. And many support the idea of getting really involved in their education. When you get really involved, you either get many children and then you have to drop every demand for perfection over board and you have to support "chaos theory" ;) or you get only a few children.
I think most children (among the mothers younger than 50) have now princess Astrid of Belgium (5), Maria Teresa of Luxembourg (5), Infanta Christina (4) and Princess Caroline (4)
A feeling tells me, that we won&#180;t have more Royal mothers with 4 or 5 children. I think most will stop at 2 or 3. Maybe Mette Marit will get one more, but then it would be only Haakons 3rd child and the "gap" to Marius would be quite big.

pdas1201

12-06-2005 09:55 PM

George III and Charlotte and Mecklingburg-Sterlitz had 15 children. The book "Princesses" by Flora Fraser is based on his six daughters.

regardez

12-06-2005 10:23 PM

Oh Queen Rania also has four.

Lena

12-06-2005 10:25 PM

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Oh Queen Rania also has four.

True...I had forgotten her :o In her case I could also imagine a nr. 5. Or have they said, that they quited with Prince Hashem?

Maxie

12-06-2005 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by magnik

Edward's grandpa Edward I with Eleanor of Castilla had 20 children:eek:

HRH CP Princess Mathilde raise 3 children
HRH Princess Claire raise 3 children also by twins in February 2006
HRH Princess Laurenterin raise 3 children but she expect her thrid child on summer 2006

im not sure what another lists on Royals ladies!

Dennism

12-07-2005 01:26 AM

King Chulalongkorn(Rama V) of Thailand was a rather active fellow...He had 92 concubines. Of the 77 children:eek: that were produced, 33 were sons and 44 were daughters. Princess Dara Rassamee(his only wife) bore the King one child, a daughter who died tragically at the age of three.

regardez

12-07-2005 01:41 AM

Ewww, that's disgusting. What year did he live in?

Maxie

12-07-2005 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by regardez

Ewww, that's disgusting. What year did he live in?

LOL! I rather call it productive. What on earth was he thinking? A baby a day keeps the doctor away? :rolleyes: